Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked officials from the health department to offer medical help to Union Minister and senior Congress leader Vilasrao Deshmukh who is undergoing treatment for a serious liver ailment at a hospital in Chennai. Modi has instructed the Gujarat health department to arrange cadaver liver (liver of a dead person) on top priority for the ailing Union Minister. "Instructed Gujarat's health department to...
08:43 PM, Aug 12, 2012
Chennai: The condition of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, undergoing treatment for serious liver ailment at a hospital in Chennai, was stated to be stable on Friday. While hospital and family sources remained tight-lipped, several political leaders who visited the hospital quoted Deshmukh's family members as saying his condition was stable. Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, Union Ministers MK Alagiri and D Napoleon and senior DMK leader TR Baalu visited...
02:10 AM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi was on Friday given additional charge of ministries of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises following illhealth of Vilasrao Deshmukh. "The President of India, as advised by the Prime Minister, has directed that Vayalar Ravi, Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs is allocated the additional charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Earth Sciences...
10:41 PM, Aug 10, 2012
Chennai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan is expected to call on his predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh in a Chennai hospital on Friday. Deshmukh was admitted to ICU on Monday night following an undisclosed illness. His condition is stable but remains in the ICU and the doctors will be deciding if he needs a liver transplant. Deshmukh's family says he is responding to treatment. A decision on whether or not he...
11:50 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Chennai: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday briefed about the condition of his ailing cabinet colleague Vilasrao Deshmukh, stated to be stable at a hospital here where he is undergoing treatment for serious liver illness. Deshmukh's son Amit Deshmukh, a member of Maharashtra Assembly, briefed the Prime Minister about the treatment being extended to the 67-year old Science and Technology Minister at the Global Hospitals, sources in the hospital...
07:32 PM, Aug 09, 2012
Chennai: The condition of Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, undergoing treatment at a hospital here for serious liver ailment, is "stable", a top hospital executive said on Wednesday. "Yes, he is stable," K Ravindranath, Chairman and Managing Director of Global Hospitals told reporters in a brief comment on the condition of 67-year-old Deshmukh who was admitted to the hospital on Monday. Asked whether Deshmukh would be required to undergo a liver...
08:32 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Chennai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and several ministerial colleagues on Wednesday visited Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh whose condition continues to be critical following a serious liver-related ailment. The condition of the 67-year-old Deshmukh, Union Science and Technology Minister, was described earlier in the day as "still critical" by an official of the Global Hospitals where he was under treatment while his family members were quoted as saying that he...
08:14 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Chennai: Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, who was admitted to a private hospital in Chennai for a liver-related ailment, was in a critical condition and under observation, hospital authorities said on Tuesday night. Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi, meanwhile, was given additional charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Ministry which was held by Deshmukh in addition to his Science and Technology portfolio. The authorities at...
09:06 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is stable but remains in the ICU of a hospital in Chennai. Vilasrao was admitted there on Monday night following an undisclosed illness. His family says he is responding to the treatment. A decision on whether or not he needs a liver transplant will be taken in the next 48 hours. The 67-year-old two-time Maharashtra Chief Minister is under the care of noted liver...
08:52 AM, Aug 08, 2012
Chennai: The condition of union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to the Global Hospital in Chennai, continues to be critical, an official said, adding his family members have declined permission to issue a medical bulletin about his status. "Deshmukh's condition continues to be critical. However we are not in a position to issue a medical bulletin as the union minister's family refused permission for that." the official told...
01:01 AM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: With Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh critically ill, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi has been given additional charge of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Ministry. Deshmukh, who is Science and Technology Minister, was given additional charge of the Ministry immediately after Virbhadra Singh resigned in the wake of a Himachal Pradesh court framing corruption charges against him in a 23-year-old case in June, this year. Highly placed sources...
07:59 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Chennai: The condition of Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, admitted to a private hospital in Chennai for liver-related ailment, is stable. Doctors while briefing Deshmukh's family regarding his health said that he is responding to medicines but will be kept under observation for next few days. The 67-year-old two-time Maharashtra Chief Minister is under the care of noted liver transplant surgeon Dr Mohamed Rela at the hospital. He...
06:35 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Chennai: Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh is critical and on life support in a hospital in Chennai, according to sources. He was flown to Chennai on Monday night. It is unclear as to what he is suffering from, but reports say it may be related to his liver. Doctors at the Global Super Speciality Hospital are monitoring his condition on an hourly basis. The decision on whether or...
09:35 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Chennai: Union Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has been hospitalised. He was flown to Chennai on Monday night. It is unclear as to what he is suffering from, but reports say it may be related to his liver. According to the sources, the 67-year-old senior Congress leader from Maharashtra who is ailing for sometime was brought by the special flight around 6 pm on Monday and immediately taken to...
08:44 AM, Aug 07, 2012
Chennai: Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was on Monday rushed to a private hospital in Chennai after he was brought by a special flight, sources said. According to the sources, the 67-year-old senior Congress leader from Maharashtra who is ailing for sometime was brought by the special flight around 6 pm and immediately taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Hospital authorities were tight-lipped over the condition of the Science and...
09:15 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Mumbai: With the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not naming Union ministers Sushil Kumar Shinde and Vilasrao Deshmukh in its chargesheet in the Adarsh scam, a social activist on Wednesday moved the Bombay High Court seeking direction to the agency to file a report on its investigations against them. "The investigating agency since last year has been telling the high court that it was looking into the role of the...
06:26 PM, Aug 01, 2012
Mumbai: Terming as 'not tenable and frivolous' MoD's notice claiming ownership of the land on which the controversial Adarsh building stands, Maharashtra government has said a litigation between the Union and state government on the title should be avoided. "The state government sincerely feels that better counsel will prevail upon the Ministry of Defence to avoid litigation between the Union of India and government of Maharashtra as unwanted and frivolous...
04:39 PM, Jul 29, 2012
Mumbai: Fault lines have appeared in the Maharashtra Congress unit following the blame game underway between top leaders over the Adarsh housing society scam. The supporters of former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan have written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan seeking the state government's support for him. Former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Ashok Chavan had passed the Adarsh buck among themselves. Ashok Chavan had blamed his...
02:49 PM, Jul 09, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has charged former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan along with several senior bureaucrats and former Army officer in the Adarsh scam, and is also probing 24 benami flats in the housing society. According to the chargesheet submitted by the CBI Ashok Chavan got three flats for his wife's relatives. The chargsheet further says that Chavan facilitated inclusion of 40 per cent flats for civilians in the...
04:39 PM, Jul 04, 2012
It's been over 17 months since the central probe agency registered the FIR naming 14 people. ...
12:28 PM, Jul 03, 2012
